KAPP (channel 35) is a
television station
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in
Yakima, Washington
Yakima ( or ) is a city in and the county seat of Yakima County, Washington, United States, and the state's 11th most populous city. As of the 2020 census, the city had a total population of 96,968 and a metropolitan population of 256,728. The ...
, United States, affiliated with
ABC
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* American Broadcasting Company, a commercial American ...
and owned by
Morgan Murphy Media
The Evening Telegram Company, d/b/a Morgan Murphy Media, is an American television and radio company based in Madison, Wisconsin. The company is named for publisher Morgan Murphy, who expanded the business after he took over from his grandfather, ...
. The station's studios are located in the Liberty Building on North 3rd Street in downtown Yakima, and its transmitter is located on
Ahtanum Ridge.
KVEW (channel 42) in
Kennewick
Kennewick () is a city in Benton County, Washington, Benton County in the U.S. state of Washington (state), Washington. It is located along the southwest bank of the Columbia River, just southeast of the confluence of the Columbia and Yakima ...
operates as a
semi-satellite
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of KAPP, serving the
Tri-Cities area; this station maintains its own studios on North Edison Street in Kennewick, with transmitter on
Jump Off Joe Butte. As a KAPP semi-satellite, it
simulcast
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s all network and
syndicated programming as provided through its parent, and the two stations share a website. However, KVEW airs separate commercial inserts and
legal identifications. Local newscasts are simulcast on both stations. KAPP serves the western half of the Yakima–Tri-Cities
market
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*Market economy
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while KVEW serves the eastern portion. The two stations are counted as a single unit for
ratings purposes.
Master control
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and some internal operations are based at the studios of
sister station
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and fellow ABC affiliate
KXLY-TV
KXLY-TV (channel 4) is a television station in Spokane, Washington, United States, affiliated with American Broadcasting Company, ABC and owned by Morgan Murphy Media. Its studios are located on West Boone Avenue in Spokane, and its transmitter ...
on West Boone Avenue in
Spokane
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.
On
satellite
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, KAPP is only available on
DirecTV
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, while
Dish Network
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The company was originally establ ...
carries KVEW instead.
History
Before KAPP signed on,
CBS
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affiliate
KIMA-TV
KIMA-TV (channel 29) is a television station in Yakima, Washington, United States, affiliated with CBS and The CW Plus. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group alongside low-power, Class A Univision affiliate KUNW-CD (channel 2). The two sta ...
(channel 29) had carried ABC as a secondary affiliation until
KNDO
KNDO (channel 23) is a television station in Yakima, Washington, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is owned by the Spokane-based Cowles Company as part of the KHQ Television Group. KNDO's studios are located on West Yakima Avenue in downto ...
(channel 23) signed on in 1959. KNDO became the area's primary ABC affiliate until 1965, when it switched its primary affiliation to
NBC
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. Both KNDO and KIMA-TV shared ABC's programming from that point until KAPP signed on the air on September 21, 1970, and all ABC programming moved to KAPP. The most notable ABC program shown on the station's first day was the first-ever ''
Monday Night Football
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'' game between the
Cleveland Browns
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and
New York Jets
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.
KVEW began serving the Tri-Cities region in October 1970, a month after KAPP signed on. Before KVEW's existence,
KEPR-TV (channel 19) had carried ABC as a secondary affiliation until 1959;
KNBS-TV (channel 22) operated briefly in nearby
Walla Walla, Washington
Walla Walla ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Walla Walla County, Washington, United States. It had a population of 34,060 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, estimated to have decreased to 33,339 as of 2023. The combined populat ...
, as an ABC affiliate in 1960; KNDU (channel 25) signed on in 1961 and became the area's primary ABC affiliate until 1965. Both KEPR-TV and KNDU shared ABC programming from that point until KVEW signed on.
KAPP and KVEW began airing Spokane's
MeTV
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affiliate
KXMN-LD
KXMN-LD, VHF digital channel 9, is a low-power television station licensed to Spokane, Washington, United States. It is a translator of ABC affiliate KXLY-TV (channel 4) which is owned by Spokane Television Group, a subsidiary of Morgan Murphy ...
on a digital subchannel in September 2006. They were two of the remaining stations to sign-off every night, but that practice ended in 2012 when ''
World News Now
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'' was added to the programming lineup.
On December 22, 2008, KAPP and KVEW discontinued their 6 p.m. and weekend newscasts. The 11 p.m. newscast was reduced to a five-minute broadcast before ''
Nightline
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'', and post-January 2013, ''
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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'' In addition to this move, 17 employees from KAPP and KVEW were
laid off
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now 404--> and KAPP's studio, formerly located on South 24th Avenue, was sold off and its operations were relocated downtown.
While weather came from KXLY for several years, local weather reports have returned as of 2016, with meteorologist Jason Valentine at 5 and 6:30 p.m., and Kristen Walls during their ''Good Morning Northwest'' newscast. With the cancellation of ''
The Insider (TV program), The Insider'' and ''
Extra
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'' moving from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on September 11, 2017, KAPP/KVEW began airing local news at 6 p.m., for the first time in almost a decade.
Technical information
Subchannels
The stations' signals are
multiplexed
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:
KAPP and KVEW have been digital-only since February 17, 2009.
Translators
*
Ellensburg
Ellensburg is a city in and the county seat of Kittitas County, Washington, United States. It is located just east of the Cascade Range near the junction of Interstate 90 and Interstate 82. The population was 18,666 at the 2020 census. and was ...
(translates KAPP)
*
Walla Walla (translates KVEW)
Notes
References
External links
Official website
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1970 establishments in Washington (state)
American Broadcasting Company affiliates
Dabl affiliates
Heroes & Icons affiliates
MeTV affiliates
Morgan Murphy Media stations
Start TV affiliates
Television channels and stations established in 1970
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